19 de Octubre 2005

Storm Tracking Tools - Hurricane Wilma

With another Category 5 storm to watch (Hurricane Wilma) this is a good time to remind people that Google Earth can be a powerful tool for tracking storms. Here is a collection of automated storm tracking tools for instant use within Google Earth. These tools allow you to see the track and forecasts for all current tropical storms around the world. They also give you access to nearby towns, webcams at those towns, satellite photos (water vapor, infared, visible), spectral scans, sea surface temperatures, global cloud maps, and more. Also included is a variety of published data including winds, barometric pressure, and much more.

Dear google,
This website is cool, I didn't ever see this concept before, this website is also imprasive and I don't have words to say about this website, but I will tell you something, you are genious.

Thanks
Aqeel Ahmed

Enviado por: Aqeel Ahmed at 7 de Noviembre 2005 a las 07:54 AM

Frank:
I have downloaded your overlays and find them quite useful. I notice that the registration is off quite some distance in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Is there a way of fine tuning this? Your overlay in this area has another map with them which reveals the large errors.

Roy
Meteorologist

Enviado por: Roy at 8 de Noviembre 2005 a las 05:39 AM

Some satellite photos are taken at angles which require special manipulation software to correct the projection onto the speherical earth. The authors of these tools don't necessarily have access to such special software, and focus on aligning for the focus of the photo. If you have a better source for the photo, you can recommend it to the authors (or me) and we can try to get it updated.